Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (TRIH eps 691-696)
1569 · Resource
How did Elizabeth I rule England? Why was she constantly in mortal peril in 1569? Who was Sir William Cecil, and why was he so crucial to her reign? And, how did his network of spies keep her alive, and England uninvaded…? Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the secret war raging in the heart of Elizabeth I’s Tudor England, the religious unrest flaming throughout Europe, and Elizabeth’s master of Spies: Sir William Cecil.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1569
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- English Reformation (1533)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)